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Weblogging

Stopping the world

AKMA wrote a post about the ongoing political discussions surrounding the effects of Katrina and the government’s response. He wrote: “This is no time for politics,” people say, and to the extent that some of us might be about more immediately useful work, they may be right — but one useful end that some of us can […]

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Culture

A word about ads

I really love the television ads from this beer company. And the company is pretty cool, too. It’s kind of funny that television has actually become one of the most honest means of advertising, but in the days of web pop-ups and covert product spokespeople, putting a story to film almost seems quaint. (Disclaimer: I am not […]

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Social Media Weblogging

I own Stuff

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Technorati has a new beta feature: blogs with authority on topics. I, of course, checked out my site on certain topics to see if I am an ‘authority’. I am the second highest authority on photography after Tim Bray ahead of Heather Champ. A big surprise there. I am eleven in technology, after Doc and Meg and Scoble but before Dave Sifry, himself. […]

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Places Travel

Flows

I thought I would point you to several photos being uploaded to Weather Underground, here and here now associated with search and rescue in New Orleans as well as the coast of Mississippi. One of the photos shows Gulfport, or what was left of the town. When I drove to Florida this last spring, I had planned on staying […]